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Beth Anderson

Beth Anderson is a critically-acclaimed composer of new romantic, avante-garde music, text-sound works, and musical theater events.

Nicholas Allen was born in Belfast in 1972.

Sophia Ali is the founder and president of International Children’s Television LLC.

Will Alexander is a poet and visual artist.

Born in Allahbad, India, and raised there and Sudan, Meena Alexander is the author of six volumes of poetry.

Uwem Akpan’s Say You’re One of Them was a finalist for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, among others.

Adonis, the 2011 recipient of Germany’s prestigious Goethe poetry prize, was born Ali Hamid Saeed Esber in Syria.

Diran Adebayo’s magical ride onto the literary A-list began with the release of his first novel, Some Kind of Black.

At 16, Chris Abani published his first novel, for which he received Nigeria’s Delta Fiction Award and his first prison sentence.